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South Sudan

South Sudan's best placing is 26th of 194 for land area per person.

Best placing: #26Land area per person
Top 10 placings: 0 / 14
Population: 12.2 million
Land area: 631,930 km²

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Land area per person

#26 of 194

0.052 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#41 of 194

631,930 km² of land

18th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#60 of 194

0.0059 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports

#62 of 193

89 airports

13th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#63 of 194

71,570 km² of forest

21st in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population

#80 of 195

12,188,788 people

32nd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#84 of 192

7.30 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#97 of 179

900 mm of precipitation per year

28th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#146 of 194

11.3 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#144 of 191

1.41 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#169 of 194

19.29 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#124 of 134

20.35 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

Railways

#127 of 135

248 km of railway

36th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

Railways by area

#131 of 133

0.39 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

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